Melanie Reeves

Melanie Reeves

Hello,

I think I found out to make clearer scans. I don't how to improve scans AFTER the fact but I do know that if I scan with higher resolution (ppi), the scans are noticeable clearer (There is the also the matter of the quality and condition of the paper. Obviously the better the condition the better the scan. I also noticed that UK magazines were generally printed on better paper).

Here is a comparison of the same pic at 100, 200 (default), 300, and 600 ppi. I could scan up to 19200 ppi. The trade off is the size of the file. For instance the 100 ppi file is 755 KB, 200 is 2.77 MB, 300 is 6.17 MB, and the 600 ppi is a whopping 25.6 MB. This will take a longer time to upload.